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| Cultural Resources Category | Histric Sites, Places of Scenic Beauty |
|---|---|
| Cultural Properties Category | Designation Histric Sites |
| Title | The Site of Ashikaga Gakkou |
| Designation Date | 1921/03/03 |
| Cities / Towns | Ashikaga |
| Public Information | [公開（有料）] |
| Description | The plane is trapezoidal in shape, with the approach extending to the south. Like the adjacent Hama-ji Temple to the northwest, it is surrounded by earthworks and a moat, but the moat has been partially filled in. The northern side is 145.6m long with earthwork (part) and moat, the southern side is 127.4m long with earthwork (part), the eastern side is 127.0m long with earthwork and moat, and the western side is 91.0m long with earthwork. The total area of the site is over 17,000 square meters. According to legend, Ashikaga Gakko was moved from its former location (Kouno, now Ise-machi) in 1467. In addition to Confucian studies, the school offered courses in Chinese studies, sutras, divination, medicine, military science, and divination, and was said to have 3,000 students. The school was damaged by fire in the Eiroku, Horeki, Tempo, and Bunkyu periods, but was repaired and rebuilt each time. In 1873, the Seibyo (Confucius Hall), the school gate, and the Nyuutoku Gate were left behind, and the school became Higashi Elementary School. As a result of excavation surveys conducted since 1983, various remains and artifacts such as the garden pond, hojo, prayer hall, kuri, school dormitory, earthen mound, and moat were unearthed, and the Ashikaga Gakko in its former state was generally clarified. There are some theories about the Ashikaga Gakko's foundation, such as that it was founded by Ono noTakamura or Ashikaga Yoshikane, but nothing is known for certain. What is certain is that the school was revived in the Middle Ages through the efforts of Uesugi Norizane and others, and it continued to be a center of learning even during the turbulent period of the Warring States period. The temple is of rare value as a site of learning and education after its relocation in the first year of the Onin Era. Behind the Confucius Mausoleum, there is a cemetery for the successive schoolmasters and deputies of Ashikaga Gakko after its relocation, as well as a storage room for national treasure documents, a former library building, a pine tree called “Kana Furi”, Kai tree (Pistacia chinensis, designated by the prefecture). |
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